THE JEWISH NEWS COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE 1942-1992 Making Their Marks David Hermelin create Jewish cultural pro- grams, including radio and television shows. Rabbi Adler was similarly dedicated to his congregation, where he initiated such pro- grams as the Beth Hayeled nursery, the Adult Kibbutz, and a children's summer pro- gram. His wife, the late Goldie Adler, also was active in establishing numerous pro- grams at the synagogue. Under Rabbi Adler's direc- tion, Shaarey Zedek moved from its facility on Chicago Boulevard in Detroit to its current home in Southfield. The cornerstone for the new building was laid in June 1962. and Moishe Haar Shloime Bercovich were educators in the 1930s and 1940s whose ideas influenced literally thousands of young Jewish students. Mr. Haar came in 1926 from St. Louis to Detroit, where he was hired as a teacher at the People's School Society, which Dr. Bolkosky in his book Har- mony and Dissonance: Voices of Jewish Identity in Detroit 1914 1967, said comprised "anti-Zionists, or 'pure' Yid- dishists." Also in 1926, Shloime Ber- covich of New York was nam- ed head of the People's School. Several years later, the school became known as the Sholem Aleichem Institute. Under Mr. Bercovich's direc- tion, students addressed each other and their teachers as "comrade." Women played leading roles in all aspects of the school. "Along with Moishe Haar (who started the school's first reading circle) . . . Bercovich immersed thousands of Detroit's East European Jews in Yiddish culture through literature, history and drama," Dr. Bolkosky writes. - From the top: Bernard Isaacs, Harlene Appleman, Isidore Sobeloff with David Ben- Gurion and Rabbi Leon Fram. 14 THE JEWISH NEWS COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE Jane Sherman has for many years been a leader in the Detroit Federation, in- cluding serving as the first female chairman of the Allied Jewish Campaign. Mrs. Sherman has been a longtime supporter of Israel, especially in the field of U.S.- Israeli trade and of Project Renewal, through which Detroit's Jewish community is linked with an Israeli neighborhood. Residents of Yavne, the current Project Renewal city, often call out to visitors, "Do you know Jane Sherman?" Among her many positions, Mrs. Sherman has served as vice chairman of the national UJA, a member of the Jewish Agency board of governors, a member of the United Israel Appeal board of directors and board of trustees, and vice president of the Detroit Federation. Rabbi Leo Franklin of Temple Beth El was a pas- sionate advocate for the American way of life. "As long as the Jew leads the right sort of life in the community, he is as good as any man," he said. Rabbi Franklin came to Detroit in 1899 and quickly became a spokesman not on- ly for the temple but for much of the city's Jewish communi- ty. A believer in the impor- tance of interfaith relations, Rabbi Franklin helped found the Detroit Round Table of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and fre- quently spoke at local churches. As head of Beth El, Rabbi Franklin saw that the temple offered social services and other benefits to new Jewish immigrants. According to author Sidney Bolkosky, these programs "laid the foundation for organized Jewish charities in Detroit." In fact, Rabbi Franklin helped form the United Jewish Charities, explaining that "the Jew is the keeper of his brother." Rabbi Franklin retired after serving more than 40 years as head of Beth El. His assistant at the time, Rabbi Leon Fram, did not succeed him, most likely because Rabbi Fram was a Zionist and much of the congregation was not. Rabbi B. Benedict Glazer, also a Zionist, eventually took over the helm of the congregation. Henry Wineman was a contemporary of Fred Butzel, and the two worked closely on numerous social welfare pro- jects to benefit the Jewish community. A Federation president and Campaign chairman in the 1920s, '30s, '40s and '50s, Mr. Wineman believed one of the community's priorities was caring for its poor. During the 1930s and '40s, he worked to raise money to help Jews hur- ting from the Depression and to aid Jews trapped in Nazi Germany. Active in the Jewish Na- tional Fund and an organizer of the Jewish Community Council, Mr. Wineman's greatest contribution was pro- bably his work in reaching out to all sectors of the Jewish population. lbgether with Mr. Butzel, he worked to unite the often fragmented Jewish community, which in the earlier part of the century in- cluded everyone from East European immigrants just off the boat to sophisticated mer- chants with prosperous businesses. Rabbi Isaac Stollman of Congregation Mishkan Israel was active in Jewish Federa- tion (he was among the signatories to the articles associating the Federation),